Committee on HCA finds misappropriation of funds in its report submitted to Supreme Court

of HCA Accounts.

Justice (Retd) L. Nageswara Rao, former Supreme Court Judge who has been appointed by the Supreme Court to resolve the impasse in Hyderabad Cricket Association, highlighted the alleged irregularities and corruption in the association in a report submitted by him to the Supreme Court.

In his report, Justice Rao (former Supreme Court Judge), who ensured that the HCA elections were held as per the rules and regulations on October 20, highlighted many irregularities in the functioning of the HCA like that of a travel agent charging higher prices in 81 sample instances, multiple bookings done for the same person in different cities, including ticket costs for the former vice-president’s wife, unexplained expenses for the former vice-president’s trip to the USA.

“One travel agency issued invoices totalling ₹ 14.68 lakh for accommodation for under-19, Ranji and under-19 women’s matches but was charged ₹4.23 lakh for accommodation in Kochi during a period when no matches were scheduled,” the report said.

“Discrepancies were observed in the invoices and quantity supplied related to catering. Almost five different vendors contracted by HCA to provide catering services for several matches either showed higher prices in their invoices than original price or charged multiple times for the same event or raised invoices parallelly with another vendor for the same event,” it is mentioned.

Justice Rao also pointed out that ₹1,09,40,000 was paid to club secretaries for the year 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 for a period of six months from November 1, 2014 to April 30, 2015.

“A list of 54 members was attached with the minutes but was unsigned by the president,” it is informed. “This, despite a court order restraining the executive committee from withdrawing money from the HCA accounts,” Justice Rao pointed out.

“As per the bank payment vouchers, payments to selectors and coaches were made towards TA/DA for an amount of ₹ 1 lakh. However, no supporting documents for the claim were available with the payment vouchers,” he stated.